Game-board



(No Model.)

A. NURIGK,

GAME BOARD.

.No.56,9,140. Patented ont. 6,1896i y mim'. n

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ALEXANDER NURICK, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 569,140, dated October6, 1896.

Application filed March 16, 1896. Serial No. 583,287. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it nto/y concer-71.:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER NURIOK, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGames, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in games,and has for its object the provision of a game that may be used eitheras an indoor or outdoor game, as may be desired.

A further object of the invention is to provide a game of theabove-described class that will be amusing as well as at the same timebeing instructive and that will require considerable skill to becomeproficient.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a game that willbe simple in its construction, strong, durable, attractive, andcomparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

With the above and other objects in view the invention finally consistsin the novel construction, combination and arrangements of parts to behereinafter more specifically described, and particularly pointed out inthe claims. f

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and whereinlike letters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the severalviews, in which- Figure l is a front elevation. Fig. 2 is a top planview. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of one of the shutters. Fig. 4 is aplan view of catapult.

My improved game is designed to represent a fort, and in the drawings adesignates the base or outer bastion, which is formed with an inclinedface, and between this and the inner bastion b, which is alsosimilarlyinclined, is a ditch or foss c, extending entirely around theinner bastion b. In the center of this inner bastion b is constructedthe fort proper, which consists of the four corner towers or turrets del cl CZ and the center tower or turret e.' These towers or turrets CZ dare connected together by walls ff, which are provided with hingedshutters g g, having apertures 7L h, slightly larger in diameter thanthe balls t', adapted to be employed as bullets. Similar shutters areprovided in the turrets and have a spring j, arranged at their base andleading to the pocket lo, which will allow of the easy opening of thepockets to extract the balls.

In the center of the towers or turrets is provided short sockets l,adapted to receive the staff m, carrying a flag.

For striking the balls I have provided a catapult n, which may becomposed of wood, celluloid, or any suitable material, and one of theseis provided for each player, all being of dierent colors. When the gameis converted into an outdoor one, mallets may be substituted in theplace of the straight catapult. The entire fortress may be composed ofwood, celluloid, tin, aluminium, or any other suitable material.

The following description will fully explain the manner of playing myimproved game: When the game is to be played as an indoor or table game,each player is given a certain number of the bullets, which aredifferently colored for each player, and he is also provided with acatapult of the same color as his ammunition. Each player then depositshis ammunition at the edge of the table in front of him, and as his turncomes shoots one of the bullets against the fortress by bending thecatapult n more or less and releasing the same. This will throw thebullet with more or less force against the outer bastion a, where,according to the force and angle it strikes the same, it will jump intothe main body of the fortress, central tower, a corner-tower, or intoone of the shot-holes, and counting the player the number of pointsdesignated at each position, or it will knock over one of the side orcenter flags, counting an additional number of points. If the bulletstrikes the side of the fortress or on the bastion b, itwill i'n allprobability roll back into the ditch or foss c, being lost to theplayer. The next player then shoots, and so on until the balls are alleither located in fortress or lost to players in the ditch. When thescore is taken, each player counts in flags, which he appropriates whenknocked over by him.

It will be obvious from the foregoing description that the game may behighlyT interesting` and instructive by forming a code of rules tofollow, and that various changes can be made, as when the game is usedas a parlori'loor or outdoor game rules can be made allowing players tocroquet the bullets of an adversary, and the game mayalso be simplifiedby omitting one or more of the towers or shot-holes.

Various other changes maybe made in the details of construction withoutdeparting from the general spirit of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a game, the representation of a fortress having corner-towers, anda center tower, and inner and outer bastion inclined at differentangles, a ditch or foss between the two bastions, shutters hinged in thetowers and sides of the fortress, said shutters being provided withapertures leading to pockets adapted to receive the bullets when struckwith a catapult, substantially as shown and described.

2. A game consisting of a fortress having outer and inner bastions,inclined at diiferent angles, a foss surrounding the inner bastion,towers and side walls forming the fortress proper, said towers having asocket t0 receive a agstaff and the towers and side walls provided withhinged shutters having apertures leading to pockets, having springhingesadapted to receive the bullets when shot into the same by a catapult,substantially as shown and described.

g 3. In a game, a representation of a fortress, having towers andshot-holes and bastions of different angles, a catapult, a bulletpropelled thereby and received by the bastions and directed to the mainbody of the fortress, tower or shot-hole, as and for the purposedescribed.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALEXANDER NURICK.

Vitnesses:

H. E. SEIBERT, A. M. W1LsoN.

